2014 UZ224 explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discoverer:David Gerdes et al.
Discovered:19 August 2014
Alt Names:DeeDee (nickname)
Epoch:31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty:56
Observation Arc:12.08 yr (4,414 days)
Earliest Precovery Date:15 October 2006
Perihelion: AU
Time Periastron:≈ 27 May 2142[1]
±67 days
Semimajor: AU
Eccentricity:0.64423
Period: yr (407,913 days)
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:26.790°
Asc Node:°
Arg Peri:°
Abs Magnitude:3.53.4

is a trans-Neptunian object and possible dwarf planet orbiting in the scattered disc of the outermost Solar System., it is approximately 89.7abbr=unitNaNabbr=unit from the Sun, and will slowly decrease in distance until it reaches its perihelion of 38 AU in 2142. The discoverers have nicknamed it "DeeDee" for "Distant Dwarf".[2] [3]

was discovered by a team led by David Gerdes using data collected by the large camera Dark Energy Camera (DECam).[4] [5] It has a diameter of ~635km (395miles) and reflects just 13 percent of the sunlight that hits it. Since the numbering of in May 2019, may be the largest unnumbered object in the Solar System as of July 2024 (though see). The earliest known precovery observations of were taken at the Mauna Kea Observatory on 15 October 2006.

Orbit

It orbits the Sun once every approximately 1,100 years and is the second farthest object from the Sun with a stable orbit. Its perihelion is almost as close as Pluto’s aphelion and will reach it on the 22nd of May in 2142.

Numbering and naming

As of 2024, this minor planet has neither been numbered nor named by the Minor Planet Center.

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Notes and References

  1. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=2014UZ224 JPL Horizons
  2. Soon you won't care about a newly discovered dwarf planet. Wired. 18 October 2016.
  3. "New dwarf planet solar system's 2nd most distant". Umich.edu.
  4. News: New Dwarf Planet Found in Our Solar System . Cofield . Calla . . 2016-10-12.
  5. Web site: A Friend for Pluto: Astronomers Find New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System. NPR.org.